Introduction to user experience design for TV Apps

摘要

AbstractIn this introduction to the special issue of Entertainment Computing on the new TV landscape, we introduce interactive television (iTV) research as one of the pillars in the field of entertainment computing. Although entertainment computing has been associated mainly with video-games, there is also more than a couple of decades’ research in computer applications for television. Contemporary infrastructures have been converging towards mature development platforms, but there are still several user experience issues in TV applications (TV Apps). Here, we explore significant contributions to interactive TV, and we provide directions for further research in user experience design for TV Apps.Highlights► Interactive television (iTV) research is one of the pillars in the field of entertainment computing. ► User experience research issues in TV applications (TV Apps). ► State-of-the-art in TV App design.